Reanimating the Dark Knight
Superheroes, Animation and the Critical Reception of The Lego Batman Movie
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 21787442 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Daniel Martin (0000-0001-6483-3923, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2020 |
| Volumen | 15 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 93-107 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2020-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Animation (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1746-8477 • E-ISSN: 1746-8485 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1746847719898785 |
| OpenAlex | W3013827495 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 10 |
This article explores the critical reception of The Lego Batman Movie (Chris McKay, 2017) in the context of Batman’s long history of multimedia storytelling, anchored to divergent parallel narratives across numerous platforms, and the ways the film appeals to nostalgia through metatextuality. The manner in which critics championed The Lego Batman Movie and derided the earlier live-action Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Zack Snyder, 2016) gave rise to a complex discourse around the cultural value of animation and the larger blockbuster superhero cycle, and discussions of morality, merchandising and commercialism. This article therefore engages with questions of animation’s apparent suitability for particular kinds of child-centric narratives regarded by critics as a vital part of American popular culture
Aesthetics · Animation · Art · Comics · Commercialism · Knight · Literature · Narrative · Popular culture · Sociology · Storytelling · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Comics and Graphic Narratives · History · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |